Cigar-package



M. BAYUK.

CIGAR PACKAGE.

APPLICATION man mmzs, 1920.

1,395,467. PatentedNov. 1,1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

MEYER-.BAYUK, OF PHTLADE'LPHIA, EENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-PACKAGE.

Application filed'March 26, 1920.

of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Packages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description," reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Owing to the scarcity of wood suitable for the manufacture of cigar boxes, manufacturers of cigars have difficulty in secur ing an adequate supply of boxes, and efforts have been made to supplant the wooden boxes with metallic boxes. lVhen, however, such boxes are constructed and shaped similarly to the ordinary wooden box, the'flexibility of their walls is such that, in ordinary hard usage, in transit, and during handling by the manufacturer, jobber, and retailer, the compression strains to which they are subjected more or less distort them. Especially are the points of the cigars apt to break due to longitudinal compression of the cigars, between the front and rear walls It is becoming, therefore, to a limited extent, customary, wit some manufacturers, to pack one or more brands of their cigars in cylindrical metallic containers. This shape of package, however, does not meet with favor among most consumers, who prefer the conventional shape and style of box, which allows the cigars to be removed more readily and with less friction one upon another. Moreover, more long continued usage of the conventional type of box operates very strongly in its favor, in the trade and among consumers.

It is the object of my invention to produce a cigar box of conventional shape and style, which will not be open to the objections to metallic boxes as heretofore constructed, and which, nevertheless, may be produced comparatively cheaply.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the complete box.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the box.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the box body.

F 4 is an enlarged detail view of the hinged connection between the body and lid.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 368,822.

The box comprises a metal body, a hinged metal lid, and a wooden reinforcement for the body constructed as hereinafter described. The metal body comprises a bottom a, ends 5, Z), front 0 and rear (Z. The bottom, front and rear may be formed of a single piece suitably bent into shape and he separate ends may be secured into position'by soldering or otherwise. The upper dges the front and ends should be bent 'nwart ly and downwardly to form smooth "inforced edges. The upper edge of the l wall is bent outward and downward ant is out at intervals, the portions 6 cut away being bent upward and innot ward to form pockets to hold the pintle g of hinge.

The lid Z may be made of a single piece with downwardly bent flan es along its four ed es. T rear edge is cut away at intervals, the portion 7 not cut away being bent back upon itself and positioned between the cutaway portions 6 of the rear (Z of the body to form, like the latter, pockets embracing the pintle g. Thereby the lid is brought into hinged relation with the body.

The box body is reinforced by five separate strips or plates of wood, these plates being of a thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the metallic walls of the box so as to be substantially rigid. These wooden plates are of such size and shape that when they are all inserted in the box body, they completely cover its bottom and walls. In the particular embodiment of my invention shown, which is merely illustrative, awooden plate 2' is provided of an area corresponding to that of the rear or front wall. This is inserted into the box in contact with the rear wall thereof. A wooden plate h, corresponding to the area of the bottom of the box body, less the thickness of the plate 2', is inserted into the box .and contacted with the bottom thereof. A

wooden plate 7', corresponding to the area of the front wall of the box, less the thickness of the bottom, is inserted into the box in contact with suchfront wall. End plates 70, 7:, each of an area corresponding to an end wall of the box, less the combined thickness of the bottom, front and rear plates, are inserted into the box in contact with the end walls.

m are the cigars which extend trans- 'versely of the box or parallel with the ends I).

The main function of these wooden plates tion of aiding in holding the front and rear reinforcing plates in position if they should happen not to tightly fit the box, while the cigarswithin the box retain the end plates in position between the front and rear plates.

7 One of the practical advantages ofthis mode of construction is that no nails or other fastening devices are required to hold the wooden reinforcing plates in position relatively to each other or to the box body. The

wooden strips canbe produced at a very low cost ofvlabor and material and the expense of inserting them into the box is. practically negligible.

The thickness of the metal of the box is very slight and therefore a box constructed in accordance with my invention will have substantially the same capacity as a box of the same external dimensions made of wood.

The total cost of the reinforced box is so small that cigars may be placed therein and sold by the box at the same price as if they were packed in the ordinary wooden box.

The consuming purchaser of cigars who buys the box will have on hand a valuable and useful receptacle from which, if he desires,

A package comprising an outer thin sheet metal box, having a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall, end walls and a lid, a rigid lining for the box formedof loose separately inserted front, rear and end wooden plates, and cigars within the package extending transversely with relation to the front and rear plates, the front and rear plates being held in position by the end plates, to prevent the longitudinal crushing of the cigars, while the end plates are held in position by the lateral pressure of the cigars.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Penna, on this 24th day of March, 1920.

MEYER BAYUK. 

